Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Mark van den Berg" <markwinvdb@...> wrote:

> So what you could have tried (after the error message) was to repeat the uploading procedure BEFORE switching the BCR off (or meddling with the Windows USB driver software).

I did! I repeated several times, it was always the same error. I tried to figure out what else could be done before i switched it off. I just didnt think it could be that bad then. I learned. 


> In general there are 2 firmware upload methods:
> 
> A. Bidirectional.
> This is what BC Manager's "Send firmware" routine does. In this case you'll need to connect the sound card to the BCR's "MIDI IN" and "MIDI OUT A" ("MIDI OUT B" is completely dysfunctional).
> 
> B. Unidirectional.
> You can use any computer program capable of opening the firmware syx file and sending it via MIDI. So e.g. BC Manager, MIDI-OX, or even "MIDI Tools" (also downloadable from mntn-utils.110mb.com - once it's back on air...). Obviously, in this case you only need to connect to the BCR's "MIDI IN".
> E.g. in BC Manager and MIDI Tools:
> 1. Open the MIDI System Exclusive messages window via the main window's View -> MIDI -> System Exclusive messages.
> 2. Open bcr2000_1-10.syx by executing File -> Insert.
> 3. Execute Edit -> Select all.
> 4. Execute Play.
> 
> I suggest you first try method A. If that somehow still fails, try method B.
> 
> Good luck!
>    Mark.

I´ll try that as soon as i get the possibility connecting via MIDI. Again, thanks for the help. 
Maciek